“How The Bible Got Its Verses”
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Bible verses were added to the Bible by a French printer, Robert Estienne, for his Greco-Latin Testament, which was first published in Paris in 1551. The book was printed under the Latin version of Estienne’s name, Stephanus. “Stephanus” is often anglicized to “Stephens,” so that history also knows him as Robert Stephens. The notable fact about Stephens is that he divided the Greek New Testament into 7959 verse paragraphs.
And as is usually the case in such matters, there is a widely told legend about this division into verses, and there is also the less colorful version, which is probably closer to the truth. Read more…
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